Driffield
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Driffield, also known as Great Driffield (neighbouring Little Driffield), is a market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The civil parish is formed by the town of Driffield and the village of Little Driffield. By road, it is north-east of Leeds, east of York and north of Hull.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.label_position
- bottom
- UK place.official_name
- Driffield
- UK place.population
- 13,080
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Driffield
- UK place.unitary_england
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Bridlington and the Wolds
- UK place.post_town
- DRIFFIELD
- UK place.postcode_district
- YO25
- UK place.postcode_area
- YO
- UK place.dial_code
- 01377
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TA023577
- UK place.static_image_2_name
- Driffield Coat of Arms.png
- UK place.static_image_2_width
- 100px
- UK place.static_image_2_caption
- Arms of Driffield Town Council
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Population
- 13080
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Driffield.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01377
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- Commons category
- Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire
- twinned administrative body
- Saint-Affrique
- OS grid reference
- TA023577
- postal code
- YO25
- historic county
- Yorkshire
- different from
- Driffield
- P8168
- Krefeld-Linn
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- History
- Governance
- Culture and amenities
- Education
- Transport
- Demography
- Religion
- Traditions
- Climate
- Sport
- Media
- In popular culture
- Twin towns
- Notable people
- References
- Sources
- External links
Driffield, also known as Great Driffield (neighbouring Little Driffield), is a market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The civil parish is formed by the town of Driffield and the village of Little Driffield. By road, it is north-east of Leeds, east of York and north of Hull.
Driffield, being near the centre of the Yorkshire Wolds, is named The Capital of the Wolds.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Driffield” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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